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Snoopy prisoner

A British man tried to break into prison – dressed as Snoopy.

The unnamed man – who wore fancy dress as the fictional dog in the long-running comic strip ‘Peanuts’ – stunned jail workers when he tried to break into prison with an un-costumed sidekick.
When Snoopy and his friend failed to break down a door, they pelted prison officers’ cars with concrete missiles.

A source at Isle of Wight’s Albany prison said: “They weren’t exactly inconspicuous – but it was taken seriously because they appeared to have a gun. They caused a real commotion and it was only later they were found to be armed with a water pistol.”

The duo – who were arrested and detained under the Mental Health Act – later realised they had targeted the wrong jail anyway.

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Woman who passed driving test on 960th try to buy car

The Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday that 69-year-old Cha Sa-soon passed the driving part of the test last month on her 10th try. South Korea requires a written test first, and Cha took it nearly every day since April 2005 before passing last year.

Yonhap quoted her as saying she wanted to buy a small second-hand car to visit her son and daughter, and for her business selling vegetables.

Officials at the drivers’ license agency in Jeonju, 130 miles (210 kilometers) south of Seoul, were not available for comment.

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German pensioner fined €14,000 for cannonball dives at public pool

A 74-year-old retired teacher, identified only as Axel G., was accused of terrorising a local pool, where cannonballs, or Arschbomben, (literally “ass bombs”) are forbidden.

He appeared before the Alzey district court this week to appeal the fine. According to The Local, the pensioner had been accused of terrorising fellow swimmers for years with his explosive dives, spitting in the water and even dunking a young girl underwater.

Axel G. initially denied all of the charges, but CCTV footage of the pool revealed evidence of the disruptive diving.

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Truck on fire? Forget calling 911. Craig Brown of Carlton just drove a few more blocks to the McMinnville Fire Station when smoke started to billow from under the hood of his pickup. McMinnville Fire Marshal Eric McMullen said a firefighter who’d been outside Friday morning washing an ambulance rushed inside to get help.

Firefighters opened the hood and found flames licking around the engine. They quickly grabbed a hose and put out the fire.

McMullen said the crew was happy to be able to help without leaving the station. And he adds, “We were joking today about our new drive-up service.”